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Method for the production of 1,3-propanediol by recombinant organisms comprising genes for coenzyme B12 synthesis

US7582457B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US
GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. · US

Inventors

Nigel Dunn-Coleman · Los Gatos, US
Anthony A. Gatenby · Wilmington, US
Fernando Valle · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 29, 2006
Grant date	Sep 1, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 29, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12Y402/0103
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Recombinant organisms are provided comprising genes encoding cob(II)alamin reductase, cob(I)alamin adenosyltransferase, glycerol dehydratase and 1,3-propanediol oxidoreductase activities useful for the production of 1,3-propanediol from a variety of carbon substrates.

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